Post by picklehead on May 25, 2019 3:46:24 GMT -5
Never messed with in my life but heard go things about the stuff. I got 50 of the 6.5 creed the other day and they weighed in better than some brass. 90 percent was within .7 grains. Not to shabby and looked decent for dents, dings and mouth roundness. Trim was .001 to .003 below the books specs. Nice and shiny with no annealing marks. I decided to chamfer / deburr every case and FLS them with the die set .005 high,, from fired brass of another brand. I didn't lube the inside of the necks and was hoping the expander ball would stretch the cases out to min trim,, but didn't.
I fired a few pieces yesterday and marked them so I knew,, once fired. No reason or rhyme and just wanted to see if a few pieces functioned and primers fit tight. They did and FED210M went in tight. Havent tried CCI yet and they generally fit much tighter when seating, compared to most. I noticed that the brass was hard to chamfer / deburr,,so I annealed them. O boy did the color change fast, soon as the flame hit them. Done all the best I could and think I should have waited,, until firing all. The few cases that I did shoot from brand new took more time to anneal and that tells me that the brass got harder in the firing. (good thing) O well and all is annealed now and in the oven to dry. It took very little time to anneal the brass, compared to most. It may have been annealed from factory and polished so good you couldn't tell,, but much easier to remove the outer mouth bur now. I saved a few pieces to compare the differ and this is how I know. Primer pockets felt fine and primers seated flush. All pockets was done twice in the prep center for giggles. We shall see how the breger flies out of them.
I fired a few pieces yesterday and marked them so I knew,, once fired. No reason or rhyme and just wanted to see if a few pieces functioned and primers fit tight. They did and FED210M went in tight. Havent tried CCI yet and they generally fit much tighter when seating, compared to most. I noticed that the brass was hard to chamfer / deburr,,so I annealed them. O boy did the color change fast, soon as the flame hit them. Done all the best I could and think I should have waited,, until firing all. The few cases that I did shoot from brand new took more time to anneal and that tells me that the brass got harder in the firing. (good thing) O well and all is annealed now and in the oven to dry. It took very little time to anneal the brass, compared to most. It may have been annealed from factory and polished so good you couldn't tell,, but much easier to remove the outer mouth bur now. I saved a few pieces to compare the differ and this is how I know. Primer pockets felt fine and primers seated flush. All pockets was done twice in the prep center for giggles. We shall see how the breger flies out of them.